tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340416787225284386.post2535425554655959472..comments2023-03-06T00:26:12.794-08:00Comments on John Avalos for District 11 Supervisor: On the Picket Line with Striking UC WorkersJohn Avaloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06792659692673925742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340416787225284386.post-53708972865357677422011-04-25T19:37:17.886-07:002011-04-25T19:37:17.886-07:00the tides advance;GHD Hair Straightenersthe tides ...the tides advance;<a href="http://www.ghd-hair-cheap.com" rel="nofollow">GHD Hair Straighteners</a>the tides recede.winter goes and summer comes.summer wanes and the cold increase.the sun rises,;the sun sets.the moon is full,the moon is black.the birds arrives,the birds depart.flowers bloom,flowers fade.seeds are sown;harvets are reaped.all nature is a circle of moods and i'm a part of nature and so,like the tides,my moods will rise,my moods will fall.today i will be master of my emotions.it's one of the nature's tricks,little understand.if i feel depressed i will sing.if i feel sad i will laugh.if i feel ill i will double my labor.if i feel fear i will plunge ahead.if i feel inferior i will wear new garments.if i feel uncertain i will raise my voice. if i feel porverty i will think of weath to come .if i feel incompetent i will remember past success.if i feel insignificant i will remember my goals.only those with inferior ability can always be at their best<a href="http://www.ghd-hair-cheap.com" rel="nofollow">GHD Hair Straighteners</a>.ghdhttp://www.ghd-hair-cheap.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340416787225284386.post-21567592944949604452008-07-16T10:40:00.000-07:002008-07-16T10:40:00.000-07:00Here are some friendly suggestions from a supporte...Here are some friendly suggestions from a supporter: You need to get information put onto your blog about ways to contact John directly and also how to contact the campaign office. You need the physical address to the campaign office (with a link to a map), the mailing address, the telephone number and you need to create a link on your blog page to your email. Those elements really should be in place BEFORE you open your campaign office. Also, make cards with the blog website address and pass them out at the campaign office opening. A rubber stamp on blank cards is not very expensive and works well. Also, ask local progressive organizations that endorse you to exchange links with you. You link to their web sites and they link to your blog. Also, use your blog as your primary tool for spreading news, making statements, issuing policy statements, answering questions, etc. It will encourage the media, the blogopshere and the public to take a look at it from time to time. Finally, set-up some network sharing (those "subscribe" buttons you see on blogs and web sites) That will enable people to automatically receive new posts by email or automatically have them sent to their news reader. Good luck! I hope you make it. You are exactly what we need.Sam Spade's SF - Tom Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587614810751898805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340416787225284386.post-59700013971042392682008-07-14T12:17:00.000-07:002008-07-14T12:17:00.000-07:00I think that we should democratize school governan...I think that we should democratize school governance: Stakeholders (i.e. teachers, staff, and especially students -- the people that make sure the schools actually exist, both monetarily, infrastructurally and culturally) should be granted the right to democratically nominate and elect the Board of Regents by opening up proxy access to minority stakeholders and introducing cumulative voting and competitive elections. Stakeholders should be given the power to approve all major business and academic decisions, including top executive compensation. Teachers, students and staff should be treated as the owners of the colleges since, in fact, that is what they are.<BR/><BR/><BR/>We should also reign in excessive executive pay: Stakeholder authorization should be required for top executive compensation packages at each annual stakeholder meeting.<BR/><BR/>I think that if the teachers, students and staff felt that they controlled their own academic and workplace institutions, they would take more pride and would feel much more motivated about actively participating in their education and in politics in general.<BR/><BR/>In addition, such reforms (among many others) should be instituted with corporations in relation to the Board of Directors and shareholders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com